To QB or not to QB … Interesting week in the NFL when both Cincinnati and Washington, which currently hold the first and second picks overall in the weekly 2020 draft selection order respectively, started rookie QBs. In Cincinnati, for example, there have been rumblings that the Bengals have been impressed enough with Ryan Finley, their 4th round… Read More »
Tua undergoing surgery … Alabama junior QB Tua Tagovailoa, one of the top 2-3 prospects for the 2020 draft, is undergoing hip surgery as we speak in Houston. Tagovailoa dislocated his hip late in the first half of Saturday’s win over Mississippi State after going down awkwardly as he was trying to throw the ball away. While this… Read More »
More college football injury updates … Amid the angst at Alabama after the devastating injury to star QB Tua Tagovailoa, there was a little bit of good news for the banged up Tide. Tagovailoa, who is out for the year with a dislocated hip suffered in yesterday’s win at Mississippi State, wasn’t the only potential Tide first rounder… Read More »
CFL Semi-finals set to KO … Just to remind folks, the CFL decides the two participants in next week’s Grey Cup championship game with a pair of semi-finals set to go this afternoon. Edmonton will play at Hamilton at 1 PM ET for the Eastern berth in the Grey Gup, while Saskatchewan will host Winnipeg at 4:30 PM… Read More »
WAKE FOREST (7-2) at #3 CLEMSON (10-0); 3:30 PM ET; ABC … One of the hottest prospects in college football these is unheralded Wake Forest junior QB Jamie Newman (#12, 6-4, 230) who has gone from a virtual draft unknown to a legit mid-second round prospect. Newman, for example, is currently the #7 prospect on the GBN positional… Read More »
Another 5 added to Senior Bowl roster … The number of announced commitments to this year’s Senior Bowl in Mobile continues to grow with the announcement of another 5 players who will be there in January including Florida RB Lamical Perine, Texas safety Brandon Jones, DEs Marlon Davidson of Auburn and Florida’s Jonathan Greenard, and Oklahoma DT Neville… Read More »
Another half dozen added to Senior Bowl … The Reese’s Senior Bowl has announced the names of another half dozen players who have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Kentucky OG Logan Stenberg, North Carolina DT Jason Strowbridge, WR Bryan Edwards and OLB DJ Wonnum of South Carolina, and SS Josh Metellus and LB Josh Uche of… Read More »
#1 LSU (8-0) at #2 ALABAMA (8-0); 3:30 PM ET; CBS … Okay, so maybe ‘game of the century’ gets overused a bit, but if there is indeed, a ‘game of the year’ this fall, this is it as the two top-rated teams in the country meet in a huge SEC West showdown. The winner, of course, has… Read More »
Aggie LB Woodward out for year … Utah State junior LB David Woodward, one of the most productive defenders in college football, will miss the rest of the year with an undisclosed injury. While the school has not officially reported the nature of the injury, it is believed that Woodward may have suffered another concussion which is worrisome… Read More »
Another half dozen plus players headed to Mobile … The Reese’s Senior Bowl has announced that 7 more players have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Arizona State WR Brandon Aiyuk, St. John’s (Minn) OT Ben Bartch, NC State DT Larrell Murchison, Oklahoma State CB A. J. Green, Clemson safety K’Von Wallace and Minnesota OLBs Kamal Martin… Read More »
Senior Bowl adds three more to 2020 roster … The Reese’s Senior Bowl staff have announced via twitter that three more players have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Purdue TE Brycen Hopkins, Liberty WR Antonio Gandy-Golden and Lenoir-Rhyne SS Kyle Dugger. Hopkins, who is listed at 6-5, 245, has 111 career receptions including 42 thru 9… Read More »
Hogs TE off team … Arkansas has confirmed that TE C.J. O’Grady, the team’s leading receiver, has left the team for disciplinary reasons. O’Grady was suspended from this past Saturday’s loss to Mississippi State after he reportedly missed a couple of team meetings during the week. The 6-4, 255-pound O’Grady, who is currently listed as the #8 TE… Read More »
Senior Bowl announces first players … Reese’s Senior Bowl has announced via twitter the first 10 players that have accepted invitations to this year’s game. Players that will be in Mobile in late January include three from Vanderbilt: RB Ke’Shawn Vaughn, WR Kalija Lipscomb and TE Jared Pinkney, along with South Carolina State OT Alex Taylor, Louisiana-Lafayette OG… Read More »
Dolphins win! Bengals clear #1 for the week … Miami’s dreams of a winless season came to crashing halt earlier today when the Dolphins knocked off the New York Jets 26-18 to break their current goose egg. With the Dolphins officially off the schneid, Cincinnati is now the only remaining winless team in the NFL and will have… Read More »
#8 GEORGIA (6-1) vs #6 FLORIDA (7-1); 3:30 PM ET; CBS … The East has pretty much always been the poor cousin in the SEC and that’s no different this year in which LSU and Alabama are currently 1st and 2nd in the country. However, the West division champion – presumably the winner of next week’s ‘game of… Read More »
ISU ER Bailey expected to return to school in 2020 … One player who was somewhat surprisingly on the list of players the Hula Bowl reportedly has invited to the latest renewal of that all-star game (see below) is Iowa State ER JaQuan Bailey, who has not played since the third week of the season, because of a… Read More »
Hula Bowl star game set to return … After a 12-year hiatus, the Hula Bowl all-star game will be making a comeback in late January. The renewal of the Hula Bowl is scheduled for Sunday, January 26th in Honolulu with KO planned for 10:30 PM ET. The game will be televised by the CBS Sports Network. Former NFL… Read More »
Spartan LB Bachie suspended for PED violation … Michigan State ILB Joe Bachie, one of the top inside LB prospects for the upcoming draft, has been ruled ineligible by the Big Ten after testing positive for a supplement considered a performance-enhancing drug. The school is planning to appeal the decision. Bachie is a three-year starter for the Spartans… Read More »
Who’s #1; outlook on top pick shifting … For those that haven’t heard already, there is a growing buzz around the NFL that it is no longer a lock that a QB will be the consensus top prospect overall for the 2020 draft when all is said and done. It has been pretty much accepted common wisdom for… Read More »
Weekly draft order posted … Miami threw a little scare into their fans when the underdog Dolphins took a 14-0 lead in Pittsburgh and appeared to have the Steelers on the ropes. Alas, it was not to be as the Dolphins never scored again and ended up on the short end of the score for a 7th straight… Read More »
#13 WISCONSIN (6-1) at #3 OHIO STATE (7-0); NOON ET; FOX … This was supposed to be ‘the’ game of the day, but it lost much of its luster, at least from a national playoff perspective, when the Badgers were stunned last weekend by upstart Illinois. No doubt, though, that the Badgers were caught looking ahead to this… Read More »
Weekly first-round selection order posted … With week 7 of the 2019 season now in the books, the weekly ‘if the draft were held today’ selection order for the opening round of the upcoming draft has been posted here. Please note that the strength of schedule figures for each team reflect that for their full 16-game schedule. There… Read More »
#18 BAYLOR (6-0) at OKLAHOMA STATE (4-2); 4 PM ET; FOX … Baylor puts its unbeaten record on the line in Stillwater against the Cowboys in a game that features three of the most productive players in the country. Oklahoma State, in particular, has two of the most dynamic, big-play skill position players in college football in junior… Read More »
Weekly first-round selection order posted … With week 6 of the 2019 season now in the books, the weekly ‘if the draft were held today’ selection order for the opening round of the upcoming draft has been posted here. Please note that the strength of schedule figures for each team reflect that for their full 16-game schedule. There… Read More »
Ducks’ TE; pair of vet ILBs out for year … There are at least a trio of season-ending injuries from the college football wars. Oregon TE Jacob Breeland, ranked 13th on the GBN positional ranking for the 2020 draft, will reportedly miss the rest of the year after injuring his knee in the Ducks’ win over Colorado this… Read More »
